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Antique Hobby Horse

Antique American Primitive Handmade Gliding Rocking Hobby Horse
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique American primitive handmade gliding rocking hobby horse Additional information
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19th Century Folk Art Antique Hobby Horse

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Iron

Antique American Primitive Handmade Gliding Rocking Hobby Horse
Antique American Primitive Handmade Gliding Rocking Hobby Horse
$1,820 Sale Price
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H 42.5 in W 44.5 in D 17 in
Oil Painting Style of Benjamin Marshall "The Hobby Horse"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting Stye of Benjamin Marshall "The Hobby Horse" 1768 -1835 painter of sporting subjects
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18th Century Antique Hobby Horse

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Oil

Antique Primitive Glider Rocking Hobby Horse Rustic Carved Wood Cast Iron Red
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Primitive Glider Rocking Hobby Horse Rustic Carved Wood Cast Iron Red. Item features a
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19th Century Unknown Primitive Antique Hobby Horse

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Iron

Antique Hide Covered Carved Wood Hobby Horse from The Schwarz Toy Bazaar
Located in Hudson, NY
history. The labeled horse (see photo 7) was produced before 1889. The company was founded in 1862 by
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Late 19th Century Antique Hobby Horse

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Hide, Wool

Group Portrait of Two Children by James Bennett H. Smith (British, fl. 1830–1847
Located in Worcester, GB
wooded rural setting, the child holding a small whip, likely from a hobby horse. The artist shows strong
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Early 19th Century British Antique Hobby Horse

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Paint

Unusual Antique Austrian Bronze Chess Set by Franz Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
castles, knights with hobby horse toys, bishops as runners (as they are known in German), queens and kings
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Early 20th Century Austrian Antique Hobby Horse

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Bronze

Unusual Antique Austrian Bronze Chess Set by Franz Bergman
Unusual Antique Austrian Bronze Chess Set by Franz Bergman
$35,311 Sale Price / set
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H 2.76 in Dm 1.19 in
The Jolly Jester and his Vegetable Dolls, Original Cream of Wheat Advertisement
By Haddon Hubbard Sundblom
Located in Fort Washington, PA
eating habits. Often making a theatrical entrance on a prancing hobby horse, Mackay would follow with a
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1920s Other Art Style Antique Hobby Horse

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Canvas, Oil

Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo for the Century Guild. An Important Art Nouveau Chair
By Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
Located in London, GB
the magazine, 'The Hobby Horse', which first went on sale in 1884, and was printed at the Chiswick
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1880s English Art Nouveau Antique Hobby Horse

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Oak

Antique Gorham Edwardian Sterling Silver Boy’s Expedition Baby Cup
By Gorham Manufacturing Company, Smith Patterson & Co
Located in New York, NY
file: The cavalry, in the person of a hop-a-long hobby-horse rider, follows a bugle-blowing hobo, who
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Antique Hobby Horse

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Sterling Silver

Antique Gorham Edwardian Sterling Silver Boy’s Expedition Baby Cup
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
. Chased scene of boy’s procession marching single file: The cavalry, in the person of a hop-a-long hobby
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Antique Hobby Horse

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Sterling Silver

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Wonderful Large Hobby Horse
Located in US
Beautiful Hobby Horse Deconstructed to Reveal Original Parchment, Wood and Horsehair Materials
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19th Century English Antique Hobby Horse

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Metal

Antique Wonderful Large  Hobby Horse
Wonderful Large  Hobby Horse
H 39 in W 46 in D 14.5 in
English Platform Hobby Horse
Located in Wilson, NC
English platform hobby horse is carved wood and painted as a palomino pony. It has the original
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1870s English Antique Hobby Horse

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Brass, Steel

Antique English Platform Hobby Horse
English Platform Hobby Horse
H 40 in W 50 in D 16 in
Silver Hobby Horse Cayenne Pepper Dispenser Extremely rare example
Located in London, GB
Silver Hobby Horse Cayenne Pepper Dispenser Extremely rare example This unique piece is a late
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Early 1900s European Antique Hobby Horse

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Silver

Antique French Child’s Hobby Horse
Located in Calgary, Alberta
French antique child's pull along hobby horse. Lots of authentic features on this toy, including
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Early 20th Century French Antique Hobby Horse

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Wood

19th Century Wood and Metal Hobby Horse Tricycle
Located in Middleburg, VA
19th century wood and metal hobby horse tricycle Measures: 31.5" H, 17.75" W, 41.5" D.
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19th Century English Antique Hobby Horse

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Metal

Enchanting Folk Art 19th Century Children's Hobby Horse Toy Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Enchanting antique wooden hobby horse having hand painted base and details, leather accents on the
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19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Hobby Horse

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Wood

Captivating Distressed Antique Folk Art Children's Hobby Horse Toy
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A wonderful hand carved children's hobby horse with original paint and distressed white washed
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19th Century American Folk Art Antique Hobby Horse

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Wood

Wooden Hobby Horse
Located in Houston, TX
Hand Painted Dapple Child's Horse on Wooden Glider With Leather and Iron Stirrups. Stand Has Brass
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19th Century English Antique Hobby Horse

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Brass

Wooden Hobby Horse
Wooden Hobby Horse
H 33 in W 36 in D 14 in
19th Century American Primitive Carved Wood Cast Iron Glider Rocking Hobby Horse
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique American primitive handmade gliding hobby horse. The piece features a carved wood horse
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Mid-19th Century American Primitive Antique Hobby Horse

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Iron

Early Antique Hobby Horse
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This is an amazing hand carved wood horse. Real original horse hair tail, primitive image, well
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Late 19th Century American Antique Hobby Horse

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Fruitwood

Early Antique Hobby Horse
Early Antique Hobby Horse
H 27 in W 26 in D 8 in
Great 19th Century Folky Hobby Horse with Iron Head Survivor
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Great character and form. Missing rear and right front hooves. Rare to see them with the iron head and sides. Probably English, but could be American.
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1870s British Folk Art Antique Hobby Horse

A Pair of French Neoclassical Vases With Children at Play
Located in Katonah, NY
hobby horse. Made by Lefebvre circa 1810 (For a similar pair of vases labeled "une forme de Lefebvre
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19th Century French Antique Hobby Horse

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Porcelain

Wooden Standing Grey Horse Leather Leash, 19th Century
Located in Sofia, BG
jousting practice as well as the wheeled hobby horse. The toy in its current form did not appear before the
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1890s French Arts and Crafts Antique Hobby Horse

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Wood

Antique Victorian Folk Art Watercolor Portrait Painting Child w Rocking Horse 12
Located in Dayton, OH
and straw hat with cane, standing with a hobby rocking horse. 9.5” x 0.75” x 11.5” / 7.75” x 9.75
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Hobby Horse

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Paint, Paper

Antique Hobby Horse
Located in Wainscott, NY
A beautiful early hobby horse on original stand that moves, Leather Saddle, real horsehair tail
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19th Century American Antique Hobby Horse

Antique Hobby Horse
Antique Hobby Horse
H 27.5 in W 31 in D 12 in
Antique Hobby Horse Statue
Located in Wainscott, NY
Wonderful Antique Hobby Horse, leather english saddle, real horsehair tail, Leather Ears and Glass
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19th Century American Antique Hobby Horse

Antique Hobby Horse Statue
Antique Hobby Horse Statue
H 24 in W 39 in D 9 in
19th Century American School Primitive Portrait of a Child with Hobby Horse
Located in Woodbury, CT
Portrait of a child with hoop and stick and hobby horse in gilt frame. Provenance: Property of
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1850s American Antique Hobby Horse

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Canvas

Satsuma Miniature Dish, Processional Boys, Keizan, Meiji Period
By Satsuma
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
, with a scene of boys in a procession, one riding a hobby horse. The broad border painted with a
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1890s Antique Hobby Horse

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Earthenware

Antique French Painted Zinc and Cast Iron Hobby Horse, circa 1900
Located in Houston, TX
This is a truly special piece-- a painted zinc hobby horse found in Northern France. The horse has
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Early 1900s French Antique Hobby Horse

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Iron, Zinc

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Wooly Sheep Pull Putz Toy Antique German Christmas 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique German Putz stick-legged sheep on a wooden platform with metal wheels. It is a genuine antique German Christmas toy. As it is old, it show the expected signs of age and use. ...
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Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Hobby Horse

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Composition

Antique French Pyjama Dog, Jumeau Kestner, Antique Toy Container Box 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful antique French pajama dog, French Loulou dog, real fur over paper mache! He has wonderful glass eyes, a paper mache body and soft fur. Beautiful facial expression! There is...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Hobby Horse

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Fur, Fabric, Wool, Glass, Wood

Portrait of a Lady in White Chemise, Russet & Blue Drapery c.1695, Oil Painting
By Harman Verelst
Located in London, GB
This lavish portrait, painted circa 1695, is an exquisite example of the type of portrait in vogue during the last quarter of the seventeenth century. It is evident that the artist ...
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Hobby Horse

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Canvas, Oil

Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Located in London, GB
A pair of monumental limestone sphinxes of Pharaoh Nectanebo I, from the processional avenue of the Serapeum of Memphis, 30th Dynasty, circa 379 - 360 BC. The sphinxes of the Serape...
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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antique Hobby Horse

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Limestone

Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
$875,000
H 26.78 in W 14.97 in D 41.34 in
Fully Restored Victorian Rocking Horse
Located in London, GB
A beautiful, fully restored Victorian rocking horse complete with a studded leather saddle, blue saddle blanket and leather reins and stirrups. The handsome horse securely rocks on i...
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Hobby Horse

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Wood

Fully Restored Victorian Rocking Horse
Fully Restored Victorian Rocking Horse
$4,138
H 46.46 in W 52.37 in D 16.93 in
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
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1970s Old Masters Antique Hobby Horse

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Oil, Canvas

Mid 19th Century Antique Wooden Rocking Horse on Stand
Located in Stamford, CT
A wonderful mid 19th Century folk working wooden rocking horse painted in early white paint, with glass eyes {one missing} real mane and tail hair, leather saddle on a wooden frame. ...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Hobby Horse

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Wood

Original Painted Carved Rocking Horse from Sweden, circa 1900's
Located in Round Top, TX
It is the worn look that creates the wonderful appeal of this original painted and carved rocking horse from Sweden. The brown/brick red paint has been distressed through years of us...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Country Antique Hobby Horse

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Leather, Pine, Paint

Swedish Antique Toy Rocking Horse, All Original, Origin: Sweden, circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
Swedish antique toy rocking horse, origin: Sweden, circa 1870 - 1900. Beautiful, untouched, original condition including the paint, leather saddle, girth and stirrups. The tail and ...
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19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Hobby Horse

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Iron

19th Century Italian Painted Wood Rocking Horse
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century Italian painted wood rocking horse.
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19th Century Italian Antique Hobby Horse

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Wood, Paint

Large Antique Rocking Horse on Curved Wooden Rockers
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Large Antique Rocking Horse on Curved Wooden Rockers Large carved wooden rocking horse on curved rockers attributed to Lines Brothers; the original paint has been retained with a sma...
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Early 20th Century English Antique Hobby Horse

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Wood

19th Century Child's Platform Rocking Horse "Glider". American. Circa 1875
Located in Incline Village, NV
Of American manufacture, circa 1875, this authentic children's platform rocking horse "glider" is hand carved of hard wood, and has a hand crafted leather saddle to accommodate a sit...
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1870s American Folk Art Antique Hobby Horse

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Wood, Leather

Portrait Of Julia Copley, 18th Century circle of Sir William Beechey (1753-1859
By Sir William Beechey
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of Julia Copley, 18th Century circle of Sir William Beechey (1753-1859) Large 18th century English School portrait of Julia Copley in her wedding dress, oil on canvas. Exc...
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18th Century Antique Hobby Horse

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Oil, Canvas

Small Lines Rocking Horse on Curved Wooden Rockers
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Small lines rocking horse on curved wooden rockers. A small wooden rocking horse on curved rockers attributed to Lines Brothers; the original paint has been retained with a small am...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Hobby Horse

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Pine

Large Portrait of Girl Caring For Pet Spaniel. 1904
By Alexander Rosell
Located in Hillsborough, NC
One of Rosell's most popular subjects, he is known for his little girl and animal figures. In this good-sized painting, the little girl figure is particularly charming, as she is nu...
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Early 1900s Romantic Antique Hobby Horse

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Gentleman in a Landscape, Scottish Portraiture, Portrait, Wealthy
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
John Pairman (Scottish, 1788 - 1843) Signed: J Pairman 1820 (Lower, Right) " Portrait of a Gentleman ", 1820 Oil on Canvas 22 1/4" x 18 5/8" Housed in a 2 3/4" Husar Frame Ove...
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Early 19th Century Antique Hobby Horse

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Canvas, Oil

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Antique Hobby Horse For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique hobby horse you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and animal skin, every antique hobby horse was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without an antique hobby horse — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique hobby horse, designed in the Folk Art style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.

How Much is a Antique Hobby Horse?

Prices for an antique hobby horse can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $595 and can go as high as $6,750, while the average can fetch as much as $2,500.
Questions About Antique Hobby Horse
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023
    To tell if a rocking horse is antique, first look for a label or mark that indicates the manufacturer’s name. Some makers of antique rocking horses include F.H. Ayers, Collinsons & Sons, G & J Lines, Crossley Brothers and Stevenson Brothers. If you're unable to find a maker's mark, you may wish to enlist the help of a certified appraiser or antiques dealer who is knowledgeable about rocking horses. Shop a variety of rocking horses on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    To tell if a carousel horse is an antique, consider the construction. True antiques are normally hollow wood and have one-piece designs. Solid wood horses and those that have detachable ears and tails are likely to be reproductions. You'll find a variety of expertly vetted antique carousel horses 1stDibs.